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2023

Agenda

2023 Agenda

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11:00am

Registration Opens – Sponsored by Alaska Frontier Constructors, Inc.
Exhibit Hall Opens – Sponsored by Hilcorp
Lanyards – Sponsored by ConocoPhillips Alaska
Conference Bags – Sponsored by ExxonMobil
Mobile App – Sponsored by GCI

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11:45am

Conference Opening

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12:00PM

Opening Lunch Keynote – Sponsored by Marathon Petroleum Corporation

  • Mike Sommers, President and CEO, American Petroleum Institute
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1:00pm

Exhibit Hall Break

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1:30pm

Bringing it Home: Jobs

  • 2023 Oil & Gas Alaskan Job Report Release – Katie Berry, Director of Economics and Research, McKinley Research Group
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1:55pm

Presentation: Rising Star Award 

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2:00PM

Bringing it Home: The Next Generation

  • Young Professionals Panel: Velocity Members: Rysen Shirzadi (ASRC Energy), Erib Bragg (Hilcorp), Esther Tempel (ASRC Energy), Julianne Lamb (Santos)
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2:30PM

Exhibit Hall Break  

Afternoon Espresso Cart – Sponsored by ASRC Energy Services

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3:00PM

Bringing it Home: All Politics is Local

  • Political Outlook for 2024: Matt Larkin, Dittman Research & Matt Rhoades, CGCN
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3:30PM

Bringing it Home: New Alaska Oil and Gas Historical Society

  • Rebecca Logan, CEO, Alaska Support Industry Alliance
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3:55pm

Presentation: Contractor of the Year – sponsored by the Alaska Support Industry Alliance 

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4:00PM

Closing Keynote

  • Honorable David Bernhardt, Former United States Secretary of the Interior
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4:30PM

Reception – sponsored by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company 

  • Reception will include opportunity for book signing for Secretary Bernhardt’s latest book, You Report to Me: Accountability for the Failing Administrative State.

2023 Conference Agenda — August 31, 2023

Schedule is tentative and subject to change

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8:00AM

Exhibit Hall Opens – sponsored by Hilcorp
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
Morning Espresso Cart – sponsored by Delta Constructors

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8:45AM

Conference Day Two Welcome

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9:00AM

Opening Session – Bringing it Home: Innovation 

  • Bringing Carbon Management Projects to Life – Lessons from North Dakota Lonny Jacobson, Assistant Director for the Subsurface Field Operations, Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) 
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9:30AM

Presentation: Project of the Year for Environmental Stewardship and Innovation — sponsored by Stoel Rives 

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9:35AM

Environmental Justice: Overcoming a One-Sided Narrative

  • Caroline Lobdell, Western Legal Resources Center
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10:00AM

Exhibit Hall Break 

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10:30AM

Alaska’s Fit in the World of Energy

  • Rich & Christina Ruggiero, In3nergy
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11:00AM

Morning Keynote — sponsored by Santos

    • Governor Mike Dunleavy & Former Governor & Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry (TX) – “Attracting Business to Energy Producing States”
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11:30AM

Exhibit Hall Break

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12:00PM

Keynote Luncheon — sponsored by Donlin Gold

  • Conversations with Honorable Mary Peltola, United States House of Representatives
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1:00PM

Exhibit Hall Break 

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1:30PM

Legislative Citation: Commissioner Dan Seamount

Bringing it Home: Innovation

Senator Cathy Giessel (Co-Chair Senate Resources), Representative Tom
McKay (Chair House Resources), Representative George Rauscher (Vice-Chair
House Resources)
Moderated by: Sarah Erkmann Ward, President, Blueprint Alaska

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2:00PM

Bringing it Home: Energy
Workforce Panel – Supplying the Workers for the Jobs
AK Department of Labor Commissioner Cathy Munoz (invited), Joelle Hall –
AFL-CIO; Ruby Oatman – AGC; Alicia Maltby – ABC; Adam Weinert – AK
Department of Labor
Moderated by: Bill Popp, President/CEO, AEDC

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2:30PM

Afternoon Break — sponsored by Alaska Petroleum Joint Crafts Council

Enjoy “Crude Oil” Motley Moo ice cream!

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3:00PM

Bringing it Home: Investment

Bringing Jobs, Energy, and Innovation to Alaska: A North Slope Perspective.

North Slope Mayor Harry K. Brower, Jr.

 

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3:20PM

Teacher Grant Presentation – Catherine Walker

 

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3:30PM

Closing Keynote

  • Conversations with Honorable Dan Sullivan, United States Senator, Alaska
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3:50PM

Broadway Package Drawing to benefit the Alaska Children’s Trust

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3:55PM

Presentation: Marilyn Crockett Lifetime Achievement Award 

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4:00PM

Conference Closing

 

About AOGA

The Alaska Oil and Gas Association (AOGA) is a nonprofit, professional trade association whose mission is to foster the long-term viability of the oil and gas industry for the benefits of all Alaskans. We represent the majority of companies that are exploring, developing, producing, refining, or marketing oil and gas on the North Slope, in the Cook Inlet, and in the offshore areas of Alaska.